Senior Occupational Therapist | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 29 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata pa |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | Norwich, NR2 3TU |
| Company: | Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7380049/839-7380049-PG |
Summary
Opening at Norwich Community Hospital in 2025, the new Willow Therapy Unit provides a supportive and comfortable environment for 48 patients.
The restorative environment at Willow Therapy Unit enables patients to make steady, step-by-step improvements and gain independence as they prepare to return to the community. Patients are supported to play an active role in their own care and feel confident about performing daily activities when they leave.
Care is delivered by a multidisciplinary team of clinical professionals dedicated to patient recovery and wellbeing. NCHC is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our team in providing reablement care to a range of patients across a 7 day service including Bank Holidays. Shifts are 11.5 hours per day (7am-730pm).
Applications for full or part time hours are welcomed.
· To contribute to the delivery of high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community, community hospitals and in clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care.
· Beresponsiblefordeliveryof careinareablementsetting.
· To support an environment where all team members are responsible for a reablement ethos using a positive risk-taking approach for patients, their carers and families.
· Tosupportpatientsbeingasindependentaspossiblewithintheirfunctionallimits.
· Toworkaspartofamultidisciplinaryteamwithinaqualityframeworktoensurethatthehighest standards of care are met.
· Tosupportanddeliverinnovationwithindischargepracticeandpathways.
· Toworkwithsystempartnersincludingthevoluntarysectortoensurethatpatientsexperience isaseamlesstransferofcarebothintoandonwardfromtheunit.
· Beresponsibleforthedeliveryandco-ordinationofcaretoanamedgroupofpatients.
· Workproactivelywithintheteamtoachieveunitandtrustgoalsandobjectives.
· Workwithandpromoterecognisedpolicies,protocols,andguidelines.
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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
Please note we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this post.
• To contribute to thedeliveryof therapy assessmentsand treatment plans for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• Toworkwithintheintegratedteamtofacilitateearlydischargefromhospital
• Toworkwithintheintegratedteamtopreventunnecessaryadmissiontohospital.
• Toworkwithallhealthcareprofessionals,and statutory/non-statutoryagencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025
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